Antedating of "Penis"

[Thomas Paikeday]

More good questions:

Was it known by some other name among the Anglo-Saxons? Did the Greeks
have a word for it? Was it misnamed for the foot? Was the use of the
foot for the same purpose common in the IE family?

TOM PAIKEDAY
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RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
>
> In a message dated 8/9/2002 12:37:01 PM, flanigan at OHIOU.EDU writes:
>
> << >penis (OED 1676)
> >
> >1668 _Philosophical Transactions_ III. 751  When he examins the _Penis_,
> >he taketh notice.
> "Taketh notice" of what?  (Ouch.) >>
>
> good question--it seems unlikely that the penis was invented in the 17th
> century